Interactive upgrade canvas presents a live view of the GitHub Copilot upgrade agent’s workflow as it assesses, plans, and executes .NET upgrades.
GitHub Copilot has introduced an interactive canvas that makes it easier to follow, review, and steer the actions of the upgrade agent as it modernizes .NET applications.
The GitHub Copilot upgrade agent assesses the application, generates a structured upgrade plan, creates implementation tasks, and executes the work, according to a July 9 bulletin from Microsoft. Now developers can follow that workflow in the GitHub Copilot app through an interactive upgrade canvas. The upgrade canvas provides a live view of the modernization workflow as it unfolds, Microsoft said.
This agent upgrade agent starts by assessing the .NET application and identifying what needs to change:
- What version of .NET is this application targeting?
- Which NuGet packages need to be updated?
- Are there breaking API changes?
- Which projects can be upgraded independently?
- What should happen first?
From this point, the agent generates a structured upgrade plan and breaks the work into actionable implementation tasks. While the GitHub Copilot app provides the interactive upgrade canvas, GitHub Copilot upgrade also is available in the following tools:
- Visual Studio – Built directly into Visual Studio. Right-click a solution or project in Solution Explorer and select Modernize to start a .NET upgrade.
- Visual Studio Code – Install the GitHub Copilot upgrade extension, select the Upgrade agent from the agent picker dropdown menu, and prompt the agent to modernize your .NET application.
- GitHub Copilot CLI – Install the GitHub Copilot upgrade plugin to assess, plan, and execute .NET upgrades directly from the terminal.
Developers can get started with GitHub Copilot and the GitHub Copilot upgrade agent by visiting the GitHub Copilot upgrade marketplace.
